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liver spots

American  
[liv-er] / ˈlɪv ər /

noun

Pathology.
  1. a form of chloasma in which irregularly shaped light-brown spots occur on the skin.


Etymology

Origin of liver spots

First recorded in 1880–85


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“It was then a sump of aged men with liver spots, claws, and bourbon breath, who strode the chamber with reptilian gait and hailed one another with mellifluent courtesies.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2022

Also known as liver spots, these rounded, bloblike, flat pigmented areas collect on the face and hands and add years to a person’s appearance.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 4, 2021

He is bald as a badger, and his hands are fantastically embossed with liver spots, gnarls and wrinkles.

From Golf Digest ● Apr. 7, 2020

Avedon was famous for zooming in on his subjects’ warts and wens and liver spots, and he comes in for a little of the same.

From New York Times ● Dec. 12, 2017

Now, too late, they'll attempt to promote liver spots as the season's most sophisticated accessory.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris

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